overspellEtymologyFrom over- + spell.verbTo make spelling mistakes by adding extra letters.““Exactly,” said the professor; “he overspells in some places, but it was not for its spelling but for its honesty that I laid it before you, Mr. Trustee.””To state something in too much detail or too explicitly.“The main difference between America's humor and England's humour is that they overspell it.”To take over by a magic spell.“A river of black gore gushed from the wound, And reeling back he fell supine on earth : A ghastly glamour overspelled his eye, And thro' and over all his mailed skin :”